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New Survey Shows Negative Impacts of Prolonged Pandemic on Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health – More than 50% Questioning Career Path

Monday, August 8, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif. - A recent survey of roughly 5,000 frontline healthcare workers finds that more than two years of dealing with the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is causing profound negative…

Mental Health America Honors State Legislators Championing Mental Health

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Alexandria, VA – Today Mental Health America (MHA) recognized 11 state legislators as MHA’s 2022 Legislative Champions. Each was honored in Denver at MHA’s Regional Policy Council (RPC) meeting.

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Statement on the Nationwide Transition to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Alexandria, VA – Schroeder Stribling, president and CEO of Mental Health America, issued the following statement today regarding the nationwide transition to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, a three-digit dialing code connecting…

Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (also recognized as BIPOC Mental Health Month): Tolls are high on this highway to freedom

Posted: Monday, July 25, 2022 - 12:00

This Bebe Moore Campbell post first appeared on bekinly.com. On June 2, 2008, July was formally recognized as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month by Congress. In 2005 Bebe said, "Once my loved ones accepted the…

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Tough News: Setting Boundaries and Caring for Your Mind in a Difficult World

Posted: Friday, June 24, 2022 - 12:00

I recently typed the biggest headline of the day into Google, and in less than a second, 52 million news articles screamed for my attention. This was an active search, so considering all the passive media in our lives—social media, television,…

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Top 10 takeaways from MHA’s Annual Conference

Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - 12:00

By Jennifer Bright Last week’s 2022 MHA Annual Conference, Forward Together: Recovery, Healing, Hope, convened, both in person and virtually, thousands of mental health advocates, clinicians, and crusaders with a unified goal of sharing ideas to…

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